Some schools in rural Russia are in worse condition than those in occupied eastern Ukraine, an official in the republic of Tatarstan said in an interview published Wednesday.
“I wanted to cry after…
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5 minerals in Ukraine that are part of a deal with the U.S. : NPR
A man shows lithium stone from an illegal mining site in Paseli, north central Nigeria, on Nov. 5, 2024.
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“Air, Land, Water and Cyberspace.” Military-Technological Sports Officially Recognized in Ukraine
The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine has officially recognized military-technological sports as a new non-Olympic sport. It already has its own Federation of Military-Technological Sports. What kind of competition…
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Two cheers for the European Union
The speech by US Vice President JD Vance at the recent Munich Security Conference delivered a blistering critique of the European project and its supposed failings. More important than the detail of the vice president’s tirade, perhaps, was the…
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Ukraine, Russia, and the West’s Fatal Miscalculation — Russia in Global Affairs
It’s always easy to feel prescient in hindsight. I recall conversations from 15 or 20 years ago with Western interlocutors – who are now from unfriendly nations – on NATO expansion. The discussions always began in a relatively solemn manner. From our side, we…
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Frontline report: Russians, North Koreans trapped in Kursk’s Nikolskii as resupply attempts intercepted
24 February 2025. Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Kursk direction in Russia.
- Screenshot from Reporting From Ukraine’s video.
Here, scattered Russian and North Korean remnants remain under a grueling siege in Nikolskii, with no way for Russians to resupply them. As…
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A new book chronicles the science of life in the air
Air-Borne
Carl Zimmer
Dutton, $32On March 10, 2020, 61 choir members rehearsed in a church hall in Skagit County, Wash. As they sang, a microscopic germ wafted through the air. Before the month’s end, 58 members were infected and five fell gravely ill. Across the United…
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Mission accompli: Macron charms Trump, and pushes back against him
If there’s a way to get to US President Donald Trump’s heart, then French President Emmanuel Macron has the map to it.
His visit to Washington, D.C., as Trump’s peace push picks up pace, has proved to be illustrative of this.
Macron’s objectives were clear-cut: one, to convince…
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The Benefits of Independent QC
How independent QC can help meet quality goals
Introduction
Quality control (QC) plays an important role in laboratory testing, enabling labs to monitor the analytical quality of a procedure, detect errors, and help ensure the reporting of accurate and…
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Ukraine: Post-war reconstruction set to cost $524 billion
The updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) commissioned by the Ukrainian Government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the UN, comes as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fourth year.
It covers damage…
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