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Great AI divide: markets in America, systems in China

The United States and China are forging divergent paths in artificial intelligence—paths that will shape economies, societies and the nature of power itself for generations to come. One is shaped by market forces, the other by a logic of coordination. In Silicon Valley and

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Parliament text exposes split over EU health policy

“We need to move beyond the idea that smoking or unhealthy diets are solely matters of personal responsibility.” This line from the S&D rapporteur Romana Jerković sums up the debate shaping the EU Parliament’s work on an EU strategy on heart disease. Documents seen by EU

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Understanding Europe’s missile needs

With Russia consistently hitting targets in Ukraine, exposing limits of Ukrainian air defense, Ukraine has turned to developing its own deep precision strike (DPS) capabilities by modifying its Neptune missile and creating the new Flamingo FP-5 missile that has a 1,150 kilogram

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Hotel association welcomes new members

Relais & Châteaux, the leading hotel association, has welcomed nine new members into the fold, it has been announced. The nine properties that most recently became part of the Relais & Châteaux family are said to illustrate the Association’s "extensive presence across the

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Hormuz blockade may herald end of American globalization

Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a naval strategist and historian, once said: “Whoever rules the waves rules the world.” Mahan believed that national greatness was inextricably linked to the sea. The American naval strategist argued that control of sea lanes creates natural

Asia Times •

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN warned Monday. The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations' WMO weather and

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