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Donald Trump will never win the Nobel Peace prize. But he should be a strong contender for the Charlemagne prize — which…
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What’s so special about Ukraine’s minerals? A geologist explains
Ukraine’s minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky to access them. But what are these minerals exactly and why are they so sought…
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Part II – EJIL: Talk!
In a previous post, written before Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, I wrote about the various measures – particularly those targeting America’s allies – that he threatened to implement, and whether those measures would be compatible with the principle of…
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Rethinking Russian — U.S. Dynamics in the Context of Iran and Ukraine — Russia in Global Affairs
While many EU countries continue to grapple with the implications of the United States’ stance on Ukraine and NATO. Simultaneously, in the Middle East Iran’s concerns regarding Trump’s new order were no less than those of Europe. Iran is anxiously monitoring…
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Why is Entropy Studied While Considering the Evolution of the Universe? » ScienceABC
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Entropy follows a unidirectional arrow, where it can only increase or remain the same, and the implications of either case are enormous.
Imagine you have a box containing lots of pieces, like a jigsaw puzzle. When you start, all the…
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What in the World Is the “World Majority”? — Russia in Global Affairs
Russia, the US, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, and the New Global Order
Fyodor A. Lukyanov
For Donald Trump, the concepts of democracy, autocracy, values, and non-values are not important. In his view, these…
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After Poland spat, Musk vows Ukraine can keep Starlink
Billionaire industrialist and senior White House adviser Elon Musk vowed Sunday to maintain Ukraine’s access to his Starlink satellite network, after a fierce online clash with Poland’s outspoken foreign minister.
The United States has suspended military aid and intelligence sharing with…
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22 pioneering women in science history you really should know about
History is full of women who made enormous contributions to science. Some of them are rightfully well-known, like Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace and Rosalind Franklin. But others, like fossil hunter Mary Anning and NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson, aren’t such household names.
So, for this year’s…
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European countries should ‘absolutely’ introduce conscription, Latvian president says
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European countries should “absolutely” be introducing conscription to combat the threat of Russian aggression, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said Sunday,…
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Frontline report: Ukraine recaptures part of strategic Chasiv Yar as new French VEB armor doubles combat power
Today, there are a lot of important updates from the Bakhmut direction in Donetsk Oblast.
Here, with fresh reinforcements and newly supplied French armored vehicles, Ukrainian forces pushed the Russians back in the town of Chasiv Yar. As Russian positions were weakened under relentless drone…
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