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Did Trump’s Iran War Start a Global Food Crisis?

The global trade crisis sparked by Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran may soon become a global food crisis, as farmers facing surging fertilizer prices warn they won’t be able to plant their crops, according to a report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace .

New details emerge on Trump tariff refunds

The Trump administration’s tariff refund system is more than 40 percent developed, a customs official told a federal judge Thursday, and additional performance testing will take place “in the next few weeks.” Businesses are pushing for speedy refunds of the $166 billion in

World in 'new dark age' of abuse: UN rights expert

The world has entered a "new dark age of abuses", with the United States "raining death" on Iran and Venezuela, a UN special rapporteur said Thursday. Ben Saul, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while

Capsule technology opens new window into individual cells

Researchers have developed a capsule-based method that makes it possible to analyze the same cell through multiple experimental steps. The technology overcomes a long-standing limitation in cell research and could open new ways to study disease mechanisms at the single-cell

Schiff stepping into fight over AI guardrails for military

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is stepping into the fight over the use of AI in domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, drafting legislation to put “commonsense safeguards” to protect privacy and the values of the American people. Schiff, a fierce critic of the