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Ukraine’s robot army advancing on the war’s front lines

The Ukrainian military is steadily replacing dangerous frontline tasks with ground robots. In April, President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the military to field at least 50,000 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in 2026, calling them “the next big step” in saving soldiers’ lives.

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Myanmar’s conscription drive killing the junta from within

On June 21, in the hills of Hpapun Township in Karen State, the commander of the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion 19, Major Kyaw Min Thant, was killed by the bodyguard he had personally chosen from his own ranks — a forcibly conscripted civilian from Bago Region, abducted from

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US MAHA war on seed oils could benefit Asian palm and coconut oil

Thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again tribe, seed oils have been getting a lot of unwanted attention. The MAHA types despise them. Despise is not too strong a word. Cate Shanahan, a central MAHA figure known as “the mother of the seed oil movement,”

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Trump endorses multiple House GOP candidates

President Trump on Monday endorsed seven Republicans seeking election to the House for the first time, as the GOP clings to a narrow majority in the lower chamber ahead of the midterms. In a slew of posts on Truth Social, Trump threw his support behind John Cowan in Georgia’s

Trump: Pass crypto bill for Graham

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Restarting the clock in war with Iran

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Trump's proposed research rule faces widespread pushback

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