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Love scams expose deep Indonesia-China trust issues

The recent bust of a transnational “love scamming” syndicate operating in Indonesia run by Chinese nationals should serve as a wake-up call—not only for Indonesian law enforcement, but also for Beijing. The case, revealed this month by Indonesia’s Directorate General of

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Japan’s Takaichi fast headed for a Liz Truss moment

TOKYO – Since Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi called a snap election for February 8, currency and debt traders have gotten busy registering “no” votes. It’s rarely flattering when expectations that your party will win a contest send the currency lower and bond yields to

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Researchers unlocked a new shortcut to quantum materials

Scientists are learning how to temporarily reshape materials by nudging their internal quantum rhythms instead of blasting them with extreme lasers. By harnessing excitons, short-lived energy pairs that naturally form inside semiconductors, researchers can alter how electrons

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A tiny spin change just flipped a famous quantum effect

When quantum spins interact, they can produce collective behaviors that defy long-standing expectations. Researchers have now shown that the Kondo effect behaves very differently depending on spin size. In systems with small spins, it suppresses magnetism, but when spins are

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China’s ship-hunting H-6J has a vulnerable kill chain

China’s H-6J maritime strike bomber highlights not only its growing long-range anti-ship ambitions, but also the central role of networked kill chains in determining whether those capabilities translate into real combat power. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP)

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World on track to breach 1.5°C target by 2030

Global average temperature increases could pass the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold outlined in the Paris Agreement by the end of the decade, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, putting the world at greater risk of never-seen-before extreme weather events.

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AOC: Trump is acting in 'increasingly erratic ways'

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) expressed concern after President Trump’s behavior Wednesday, after the president confused Greenland and Iceland multiple times during a speech earlier in the day. “The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways,”

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