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The best sci-fi movies you can watch at home

Science fiction, to echo Ursula K. Le Guin, is not predictive, but descriptive. While most science fiction films attempt (and fail) to extrapolate the ideas and concerns of their respective present to predict what the world may look like in the not-so-distant future, these

Team Trump is slouching toward Armageddon

Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy to Russia and Iran, is making major concessions at the expense of strategic long-term considerations, complicating our national security challenges and making them far more difficult to solve.

Argentina's Indec to gauge CPI differently

Argentine Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos announced Wednesday that a new methodology for calculating the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to measure inflation more accurately is to be implemented shortly by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), pending

Argentina records slight trade balance surplus

Although positive, Argentina's trade surplus of US$ 323 million in March 2025 represented a sharp drop from US$ 2,160 million in the same month last year, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) said in a report released Wednesday.

Morning Report — Trump, Fed chair underscore uncertainty

In today’s issue: President Trump’s efforts to persuade international partners to join the U.S. in isolating China collided Wednesday with a starkly downbeat 2025 economic outlook from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, dashing the hopes of those looking for global

Squirrel on my shoulder

Meet Sammy Squitten, the baby squirrel suckled by a cat and raised by a human, in this story narrated by David Attenborough - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

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UN nuclear chief in Tehran ahead of fresh Iran-US talks

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met the head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington. Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday for a second round of

Whitmer navigates political minefield with Trump

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is navigating tricky political terrain in her working relationship with President Trump ahead of a potential 2028 presidential bid. Whitmer was the target of criticism from both the left and right for her White House visit with Trump last