For the third year in a row, Ukrainian football competitions are taking place amid the full-scale war. Despite a myriad of severe challenges, women’s football in Ukraine is gaining popularity and bringing some sense of normality amid the…
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Macron, UK’s Starmer, other European leaders swipe at Elon Musk
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is getting wide pushback in European capitals as he tries to extend his recent political success to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Leaders in four European countries — France, Germany, Norway and the United…
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Can American Abandonment Help Europe?
In February 2024, we published an article in Foreign Affairs urging Europe to prepare for a possible U.S. abandonment. We were right to ring the alarm bell. Donald Trump’s reelection in November rendered the prospect of the United States…
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The Russia-Ukraine energy divorce offers a chance for Europe to take control of its energy security
Through wars and military aggression, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought a legacy of imperialistic unification….
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Will 2025 be a Repeat of 1938 for Europe?
A conference at London’s Chatham House in December kept returning to the idea that Europe was reliving a 1938 moment. In one sense, this could be a valid comparison. When British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew to Munich in September of…
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How Do Colorblind Octopuses See Color? » ScienceABC
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Octopuses and most other cephalopods are colorblind, as they only have one visual pigment. Scientists have suggested two hypotheses for how these animals can camouflage in spite of their colorblindness: they either have eyes in their…
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Blinken praises how US handled Ukraine war, but were all calls “right”?
While the Biden administration prepares to depart from the White House, and US President-elect Donald Trump gears up to take office on 20 January, the New York Times has published an interview with Anthony Blinken, the outgoing Secretary of State.
One of the key figures in managing the…
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Ukraine presses new attacks in Russia’s Kursk region
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region.
Russian shelling,…
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Ukraine launches counterattack in Russian border region as Zelenskyy to ask allies for boost in air defenses
Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack in the western border region of Kursk, warning that Russia was “getting what it deserves.”
Though it was not immediately clear how much Ukraine had advanced in the region, the assault comes at a…
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Ukraine wins its 1st World Cup luge medal since 2009 after a mishap-filled relay
Germany won a World Cup luge team relay on Sunday, with Austria finishing second. That’s not exactly breaking news. Those nations have the top two luge programs in the world right now.
The news was Ukraine finishing third — and how the war-torn…
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