THESE DAYS the streets of Berlin run red with the blood of sacred cows. On June 24th Lars Klingbeil, the finance minister, unveiled plans to borrow vast sums for a debt-funded €500bn ($580bn) infrastructure programme and a giant rearmament…
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Colombia’s dire president gets desperate
IT has been a frustrating few years for Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first avowedly left-wing president. He was elected in 2022 on a promise to overhaul pensions, the health-care system and labour laws, and to dramatically reduce inequality. He…
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The war in Ukraine shows the West can re-arm without re-industrialising
Inside the Joint Systems Manufacturing Centre (jsmc) in Ohio, America’s main factory for armoured vehicles since 1942, the production line for the latest version of the Abrams tank snakes back and forth across the factory floor. America no…
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Swipe right – but watch your data: Dating app hit with AI privacy complaint
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ADVERTISEMENTDating platform Bumble has been hit with a privacy complaint filed by advocacy group NOYB over its AI feature designed to help users start a conversation.
According to NOYB, the so-called AI Icebreakers feature on Bumble for…
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Bus carrying 55 Ukrainians overturns in Romania – MFA
In Romania, a bus carrying 55 Ukrainians, including nine children, overturned near the city of Constanta, and four people were injured as a result of the accident, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine reported.
“According to the consular department of the Embassy of…
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Study helps explain common vitamin’s extraordinary power to reverse skin ageing
Vitamin C prevents age-related thinning of the skin by switching on genes that promote skin cell growth, a new study has found.
The research,…
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Overfishing has forced Baltic cod to shrink in size by half since 1990s, DNA study finds
Excessive fishing has forced Baltic cod to undergo genetic changes that have halved their size over the past 30 years, a new study has…
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Ukrainian Artillery Unit On Pokrovsk Front Uses Captured Russian Guns On Russians
The gunners of Ukraine’s 25th Airborne Brigade are constantly fending off Russian advances near Pokrovsk. And they’re operating a trophy weapon — a Msta-S artillery piece left behind by the Russians. The unit is constantly on the move but holding their ground, they say.
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Russians shell pharmacy in Kostiantynivka, injure two civilians
In Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Russian invaders shelled a pharmacy, injuring two civilians.
This was reported by Serhii Horbunov, head of the Kostiantynivka city military administration, on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
“Today, at around 12:00 p.m.,…
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Reeling from Trump rebukes, Europe weighs deeper ties with China
BARCELONA – Jilted, betrayed, dumped, or defiant. It’s hard to describe the European Union after relentless attacks from its once-dependable ally, the United States. The threat from Donald Trump’s second administration against Greenland, its…
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